You are still in your twenties (am I right?) while Jennifer admits to being at least 40.
You're right, and you also have a good point. Still, I do know people who are that age and single and perfectly happy - yes, I'm sure they wish they had someone, and admittedly not everyone has platonic loved ones to realistically grow old with.
In High Fidelity there's a character who says that to some people being 25 and alone is a reason to panic and believe that you will never be loved.
Now, I get if they mean that those people might have literally nobody else, and as I said, there are people like that. Not everyone has friends or family they can rely on. But if those people do... no, it's not the same as having a significant other, but it surely doesn't make them alone.
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Date: 2009-08-05 09:35 pm (UTC)You're right, and you also have a good point. Still, I do know people who are that age and single and perfectly happy - yes, I'm sure they wish they had someone, and admittedly not everyone has platonic loved ones to realistically grow old with.
In High Fidelity there's a character who says that to some people being 25 and alone is a reason to panic and believe that you will never be loved.
Now, I get if they mean that those people might have literally nobody else, and as I said, there are people like that. Not everyone has friends or family they can rely on. But if those people do... no, it's not the same as having a significant other, but it surely doesn't make them alone.